VPN Job Trends in Rochdale

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Manchester > Rochdale

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Rochdale requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VPN 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Rochdale 26.09% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 75.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - -
75th Percentile £31,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £37,000 £37,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% -31.82% +34.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Rochdale

VPN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Rochdale.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8 15 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Rochdale 34.78% 35.71% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile - - £41,125
25th Percentile £27,000 £29,500 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £34,250 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% -25.95% +21.71%
75th Percentile £31,000 £47,500 £50,313
90th Percentile - £48,700 £52,375
Manchester median annual salary £37,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.78% -14.29% +10.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Rochdale

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VPN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Rochdale.

VPN job vacancy trend in Rochdale

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Salary Trend in Rochdale

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Rochdale citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Rochdale citing VPN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochdale by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) 1st/2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (83.33%) 1st/2nd Line Help Desk Support
1 5 (83.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 5 (83.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (83.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (83.33%) Desktop Support
1 5 (83.33%) Help Desk Support
1 5 (83.33%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Line Management
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Storage Management
2 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (16.67%) VMware NSX
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) 3PAR
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk